Graha-grasto vicetasah

Graha-grasto means ghostly haunted or influenced by bad star. It is said by some Vaisnava poet, pisaci paile yena mati-cchana haya mayar grasta jivera sei dasa upajaya. Pisaci, ghostly haunted or inspired by the witches, when one becomes so, mati-cchana, he becomes bewildered and his intelligence becomes scattered. Mati-cchana. That is the condition of all living entities within this material world in different degrees. Everyone is ghostlily haunted.

Jalaja nava-laksani sthavara laksa-vimsati, krmayo rudra-sankhyakah. From the aquatics to the plant life, then insect life, then bird life, then beast life, then we come to the human life. And that is also When we come to civilized life we should not waste our time like animals or lower creatures.

This is not intelligence. The intelligence is how to get out of it. Anyone who is strictly engaged in devotional service, he surpasses the influence of the laws of material..." Sa gunan samatitya etan. He can surpass. Sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya kalpate. This is the only way. Everyone should live peacefully and take shelter at the lotus feet of Loed Krsna-Balarama and be happy in this life and get salvation in next life.

(Lectute by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabupada)